That, and tromp around in metal tunics while saying things like, "Why Of them are gods, okay?), and swear fealty to this and vengeance against Through with swords and spears and zap them with death rays (hey, some
The characters addressĬrowds of thousands of (digital, alas) extras, and run their enemies Every brawny chest is waxed, every bosom heaving. Despite the ostentatiously virtual images and the comic book and borderline science-fiction touches, in its heart "Gods of Egypt" is an adventure in what used to be called the "swords and sandals" genre. The director, Alex Proyas (" The Crow," " Dark City"), seems sure of what sort of film he wants to make. That's a pretty good setup for an action-adventure: a coup on a timetable. If he doesn't, Bek's girlfriend will stay dead forever.
That means Horus has only a few days to wrest control of the kingdom from Set. According to lore, only the king of Egypt can free a dead person from the between-state and return them to the land of the living. Set banishes the blind Horus to a crypt where he's eventually set free by the intrepid mortal Bek ( Brenton Thwaites), a resourceful thief whose beautiful young lover, Zaya ( Courtney Eaton of " Mad Max: Fury Road"), died from an arrow wound and is now trekking through the underworld en route to her final judgment. (Why the combatants don't assume super-powerful form to start with is one of those questions that films like this never answer.)Īt first, Set wants to kill Horus outright, but relents when the goddess Hathor ( Elodie Yung) begs him to be merciful. He wrests control of his kingdom from his brother, Horus ( Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) in an opening hand-to-hand combat sequence where the siblings clang swords and beat on each other for a while, until they both assume the form of armored creatures that look like Marvel-movie android warriors and leap through the air, knocking each other against pillars until Set finally tears Horus's eyes out. Gerard Butler stars as Set, god of disorder.
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